John Esposito is a freelance journalist whose articles have appeared in national and local newspapers and magazines throughout the United States, notably in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. As a generalist practitioner, his work has been published as feature articles, op-ed columns, essays, sports commentaries, book reviews, and author interviews in USA Today, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Star-Ledger, Greenwich Time, Stamford Advocate, The (Bergen) Record, (Morris County) Daily Record, Downtown Magazine NYC, UNICO National, TriBeCa Citizen, The Italian Tribune, The Irish Echo, and Rosebud Magazine. He is a contributor to numerous New Jersey community newspapers, and was a special correspondent for the defunct NewJerseyNewsroom.com.
Mr. Esposito is zealous about the absolute need for solid, fair and unbiased reporting of news stories, regardless of the particular medium that delivers them. He believes a journalist's work must exhibit quality, integrity, and precision by fact-checking and rechecking sources. He maintains that writers should cultivate strong working relationships with editors built on trust, and accept honest feedback and constructive advice.
His writings have examined the current plight of the newspaper industry, the digitization of books, and the future of journalism. He has interviewed such renowned authors and journalists as John Updike, Mary Higgins Clark and Pete Hamill.
Mr. Esposito's passions include experiencing the sights and sounds of everyday city life, especially exploring New York City on foot; loving his wife's incredible cooking and fabulous baked desserts; morning stop-offs at the flood of diners in New Jersey and inviting Greek coffee shops in Manhattan that serve the absolute best coffee and spinach/feta cheese egg omelets; car trips to Starbuck for lattes; frequenting unpretentious local bistros and dining at authentic Italian, Mediterranean and seafood restaurants; enjoying full-bodied, but inexpensive red and white Italian, American and French wines; treasure hunts at rare and used bookshops; working visits the NYC Library on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue; the pleasures found in literary classics, biographies, mysteries, thrillers, detective fiction, and short stories; always keeping newspapers close at hand; on and off again subscriptions to various health, sports, and human interest magazines; a fascination for NYC history and any novel, essay, memoir and work of nonfiction by New York City icon, Pete Hamill, particularly 'Downtown: My Manhattan' and 'Forever'; a perpetual student of learning concerning the life and tales of imagination, horror and suspense penned by the master, Edgar Allan Poe; in awe of the incomparable contemporary fiction writers, Rod Serling and Ray Bradbury; and often returning for inspiration to his favorite novel, 'The Bonfire of the Vanities,' by Tom Wolfe; experiencing much delight and entertainment through audiobooks, podcasts, talk radio, classic old movies and noir films, vintage television series, 1950's-60's rock 'n' roll, 1970's-80's classic rock, rhythm & blues, Motown, the 'Great American Songbook' of popular/jazz standards, classical music, and Puccini's La bohéme (thanks to his wife's influence); running three days a week and weight training on alternate days; a bona fide forever New York Yankee baseball fan since age seven, with true hero worship that spelled Mickey Mantle; and cheering on football's New York Giants and the old Baltimore Colts through all their great years and the bad.
John Esposito's four grandparents were immigrants from southern Italy to the United States. They settled in Newark, NJ during the very early 20th century, where his parents were later born. A proud lifelong New Jerseyan who loves New York City, Mr. Esposito was born in Newark, and raised in Irvington. He resides in New Jersey with his wife and daughter, who recently graduated college. Their son lives and works in New York City. Above all, he loves home life and celebrating birthdays, holidays, especially Christmas, Easter and New Year's with the family, and vacationing together.
Mr. Esposito is zealous about the absolute need for solid, fair and unbiased reporting of news stories, regardless of the particular medium that delivers them. He believes a journalist's work must exhibit quality, integrity, and precision by fact-checking and rechecking sources. He maintains that writers should cultivate strong working relationships with editors built on trust, and accept honest feedback and constructive advice.
His writings have examined the current plight of the newspaper industry, the digitization of books, and the future of journalism. He has interviewed such renowned authors and journalists as John Updike, Mary Higgins Clark and Pete Hamill.
Mr. Esposito's passions include experiencing the sights and sounds of everyday city life, especially exploring New York City on foot; loving his wife's incredible cooking and fabulous baked desserts; morning stop-offs at the flood of diners in New Jersey and inviting Greek coffee shops in Manhattan that serve the absolute best coffee and spinach/feta cheese egg omelets; car trips to Starbuck for lattes; frequenting unpretentious local bistros and dining at authentic Italian, Mediterranean and seafood restaurants; enjoying full-bodied, but inexpensive red and white Italian, American and French wines; treasure hunts at rare and used bookshops; working visits the NYC Library on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue; the pleasures found in literary classics, biographies, mysteries, thrillers, detective fiction, and short stories; always keeping newspapers close at hand; on and off again subscriptions to various health, sports, and human interest magazines; a fascination for NYC history and any novel, essay, memoir and work of nonfiction by New York City icon, Pete Hamill, particularly 'Downtown: My Manhattan' and 'Forever'; a perpetual student of learning concerning the life and tales of imagination, horror and suspense penned by the master, Edgar Allan Poe; in awe of the incomparable contemporary fiction writers, Rod Serling and Ray Bradbury; and often returning for inspiration to his favorite novel, 'The Bonfire of the Vanities,' by Tom Wolfe; experiencing much delight and entertainment through audiobooks, podcasts, talk radio, classic old movies and noir films, vintage television series, 1950's-60's rock 'n' roll, 1970's-80's classic rock, rhythm & blues, Motown, the 'Great American Songbook' of popular/jazz standards, classical music, and Puccini's La bohéme (thanks to his wife's influence); running three days a week and weight training on alternate days; a bona fide forever New York Yankee baseball fan since age seven, with true hero worship that spelled Mickey Mantle; and cheering on football's New York Giants and the old Baltimore Colts through all their great years and the bad.
John Esposito's four grandparents were immigrants from southern Italy to the United States. They settled in Newark, NJ during the very early 20th century, where his parents were later born. A proud lifelong New Jerseyan who loves New York City, Mr. Esposito was born in Newark, and raised in Irvington. He resides in New Jersey with his wife and daughter, who recently graduated college. Their son lives and works in New York City. Above all, he loves home life and celebrating birthdays, holidays, especially Christmas, Easter and New Year's with the family, and vacationing together.